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Howard Pflanzer

HOWARD PFLANZER

  (1944 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Born in New York City on October 18, 1944. B.A. in Languages and Literature, City College of New York, M.F.A. in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature, Yale School of Drama. Television Writers Workshop, Columbia Pictures. Advanced Certificate, Piano and Music theory. Has written articles on the Theatre and published fiction (New Voices). New York premiere, Brecht's the Wedding and the Beggar or the Dead Dog. Produced and directed for WBAI-FM, 1975. TV film, the Return Process, WNHC-TV, writer/ director. Recipient: John Golden Fellow, Yale School of Drama, 1967-68; Playwrights Unit-Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre.
Address (in 1981): 590 West End Avenue, 9C, New York, NY 10024 (212) 787-1037

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Black And Whitey         Boris, Beware         Closet Drama: New Voices         Cop, The         Exotic Arms         Final Act, The         Guest Of Honor, The         House Of Nancy Dunn, The         Inventory         It's Your Turn Now         Jersey Nights         Living with History: Camus, Sartre, De Beauvoir         Lucy Parsons: Anarchist         Man Who Loved Music, The         Mass Media         Matt the Liller         Model Ghetto, The         On the Bridge         Poetry Class With Serial Killer         Rabbi, The         Set Up For Glory         Teachers Room, The         Terrorist, The         Ubu Takes Manhattan         Walt Whitman Opera         You're Having Company
Black And Whitey

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Boris, Beware

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Closet Drama: New Voices

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Cop, The

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Exotic Arms

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Final Act, The

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about a magician and his wife; their parting, separate journeys and apocalyptic reunion

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(formerly Tricks of the Trade)

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Comedy

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Guest Of Honor, The

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House Of Nancy Dunn, The

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Playwrights: Steve Weisberg, Andy Craft And Howard Pflanzer. Composer: Steve Weisberg

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Inventory

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It's Your Turn Now

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National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 52/11

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Jersey Nights

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Medicine Show theatre
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Living with History: Camus, Sartre, De Beauvoir

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This new play by Howard Pflanzer is an epic work which Dramatizes the politics and personal lives of three iconic cultural figures and intertwines their worlds with the world of ordinary people. the play, which is set both during World War II and in the shadow of nuclear Armageddon, offers a penetrating look at the existential conflict between collaboration and resistance. One central theme is how a change in political context - the French Resistance - affected the three protagonists, who became unified in purpose, and how they they re-evaluated their political and personal positions in the post-war world, where the sides were not as clear as during the war. the piece includes excerpts from plays and other works by the three title characters: brief selections from Sartre's the Flies, No Exit, and Dirty Hands; from Camus's Caligula and his various essays, as well as from the memoirs the Prime of Life and Force of Circumstance by De Beauvoir. An excerpt from Picasso's play Desire Caught by the Tail is also included.
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Medicine Show theatre
549 West 52nd Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10019     07 May 2011

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Lucy Parsons: Anarchist

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A woman of African descent fighting for justice, labor and radical social change during the rise of organized labor in America.

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part of Shadow a festival of concert play readings celebrating Black History Month

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(concert play reading) La MaMa First Floor theatre
74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003     01 Dec 2013

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Man Who Loved Music, The

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Mass Media

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Matt the Liller

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Model Ghetto, The

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On the Bridge

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On the Border is a dream play that explores German-Jewish cultural critic Walter Benjamin's final night on earth. the time is 1940, the place a seedy hotel in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border. Benjamin has traveled here in a desperate bid to escape the Nazis, only to be denied passage across. Sick, alone, and teetering on the border between life and death in a dream-like state, Benjamin imagines final visits by the people who influenced his life and work, including Dramatist Bertolt Brecht, author Franz Kafka, thinker Hannah Arendt and Death himself. Intermingled with these apparition-like visitors are vivid memories of German anti-Nazi cabaret jokes and songs. As memories and dreams collide, Benjamin's only means of escape becomes tragically clear
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Poetry Class With Serial Killer

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Who is the killer in the class? You won't know unless you ask.

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La MaMa E.T.C.
74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003     01 Oct 2012

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Rabbi, The

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A Rabbi is caught in a conflict between his every day life and the mysterious and terrifying realms of the Kabbalah

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Set Up For Glory

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Teachers Room, The

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A sinister comedy about the murder of a teacher and the surprising result of a strange and disruptive investigation on the other teachers. Everyone is interrogated by two detectives who are in every way beyond the law

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Terrorist, The

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about about a man who must outwit and outmaneuver a government agent bent on labeling him as a terrorist. Playwright Pflanzer imagines a world where the politics of fear threaten to chip away at civil liberties.
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National Center For The Performing Arts, Mumbai, India     2003

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Dark Comedy Comedy

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Ubu Takes Manhattan

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Original Playwright - Alfred Jarry. With Other Material By Howard Pflanzer, Ben Miller, Harry Mathews

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Medicine Show theatre
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Walt Whitman Opera

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celebrates New York City's most famous poet

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n evening of spoken word and music by Howard Pflanzer (writer/adapter/director) and Constance Cooper (composer)

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You're Having Company

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